Bangladesh police kill three militants in operation

DHAKA (Reuters) - Three Islamist militants were killed on Saturday during a police operation in Bangladesh’s north east Borohat of Moulavibazar, said Monirul Islam, chief of the counter-terrorism unit of Bangladesh police.

“Police asked them to surrender but instead the female militant (of the three)...responded with a grenade attack on SWAT,” Monirul told reporters.

On Thursday as many as eight militants including women and children blew themselves up with a grenade in the north-east of the Bangladeshi capital rather than surrender, police said.

The operation on Saturday was the latest clash in the South Asian country that has seen a rise in Islamist violence.